Monthly Archives: June 2012


Chrome browser now on IOS

Yep – your favourite fast light browser is now on Ipad and Iphone. It is great to have a mainstream alternative to Safari when using Apple devices. So far I have found it fast and reliable – just head to the Apple store and download – you will be up and running in seconds.


Another WordPress Update 3.4.1 – update time again

Picked this up when I got back to the office after attending a friend’s wedding – Congratulations Lesley and Jim on your wedding and best wishes for your life together. From the announcement post, this maintenance release addresses 18 bugs with version 3.4, including: Fixes an issue where a theme’s page templates were sometimes not […]


MS + Yammer = Jammer ?

Its final. Microsoft have bought Yammer. The rationale is that Microsoft realises that social is the new kid on every block. So they take a look around and see whats worked. Hence Yammer as the target. Now I can’t criticise the choice since Yammer has shown itself to be an invaluable tool while incubating a […]


Another Microsoft Security Hole ?

Received this in today. Makes grim reading. National Cyber Awareness System              Technical Cyber Security Alert TA12-174A Microsoft XML Core Services Attack Activity Original release date: June 22, 2012 Last revised: — Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 are affected.   Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office […]


Cooking A Raspberry Pi

Got my first chance to work with the Raspberri Pi. The process is relatively painless and involves downloading an iso image for the os and transferring it to the sd card using an application provided for this purpose. This makes the SD card bootable. Finally attaching network card – hdmi video – keyboard and mouse […]